[HIGHLIGHTS] Carlsen loses the first game of the tournament where he must consolidate as 'number one'

Magnus Carlsen loses to Fabiano Caruana in first game of Norway Chess. Alireza Firouzja loses to Dommaraju Gukesh, who jumps to 15th in the world.

The other three games (So-Nakamura, Mamediarov-Tari and Abdusattorov-Giri) ended in draws and were followed by sudden death. The peculiar format of Stavanger gives three points to the winner of a slow game, one and a half to a'sudden death'